Rail



N. I. WOOLSEY.

RAIL.

FILED u. 1,350, 1 98. Pawnted Aug. 17, 1920.

INVENTOR WITNESSES 0%? 5 /V/CHOL 45 1. was Y I W 4mm v UNITED STATES TBNT FF NICHOLAS I..WOOLSEY, or NEW Yonxn. Y.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NICHOLAS I. 'WOOLSEY, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of the city of New York, Tottenville, borough of Richmond, in the county of Richmond and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Rail, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to railroad tracks,

street car tracks and the like, and its object is to provide a new and im roved rail arranged to permit of quick y replacing a worn out head by a new one without re,- moval of the web and base from the track. Another object is to prevent spreading of the rails. protected passage for the electric'conductor.

\Vith these and other objects in view, the. invention consists of certain novel features of construction as hereinafter. shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims. 7

A practicalembodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the views.

Figure 1 is a cross section of the improved rail arranged for street car'tracks;

Fig. 2 isa perspective view of the rail head;

Fig. 3 is a similar view of the base and web of a railway rail; and

Fig. 4 is a reduced cross-section of an improved standard rail in position on a tie.

The rail in its general construction is made in two sections, of which one comprises a base 10 and a web 11, and the other section forms the head 12 of the rail. The web 11 is provided with] a tapering recess 15 extendin lengthwise of the rail from the top of the web to about the lower end of the web, as plainly shown in Fig. 1. Into this -recess 15 fits a tapering tongue 16 depending integrally from the middle of the head 12. The web 11 is provided with transverse apertures 20 in register with apertures 21 formed in the tongue 16 for the passage of bolts 22, to securely fasten the tongues 16 in position on the web 11.

The top of the split web 11 is provided with longitudinally extending projections or tongues 25 and. 26 fitting into recesses 27 and 28 formed in the under side of the head 12 on opposite sides of the tongue 16.

Another object is to provide Specification of Letters Patent; Pate ted Aug. 1'7, 1920. Application filed July 8, 1919. serial No. 309,291.

By the arrangement described the head 12 is held against transverse displacement on the Web 11. The upper edge of the web 11 is provided on opposite sides of the projections 25 and 26 with SQiLtS I ElO and 31 ins clined upwardly and outwardly and engaged by corresponding faces 32 and 33 formed on the under side of the head 12. The bottom of the head 12 is provided adjacent the faces 32 and 33 with depending beads 35 and 36, of which the bead35 extends overthe outer edge of the seat 30 thus preventing. water or other extraneous matter from passing into the joint between the seat 30 and the face 32. The inner bead 36 of the head 12 fitsintoa recess 37 formed in the top' tor being completely protected the tongue.

16 fitting into the recess 15.

It will'be noticed that the sections of the rail can be readily assembled and in case the head 12 is worn out'it can'be readily detached and replaced by a new one.

The base 10 of the rail is preferably provided with a depending centrally located and longitudinally extending rib fitting into a groove 61 formed in the tie plate 62 by forming a central longitudinally extend ing depending channel in said tie plate. This channel forms a longitudinally extending tongue 62 on the bottom of the tie plate which is adapted to engage a recess in the railroad tie 63 upon which the tie plate rests. It is understood that the base 10 of the rail is fastened to the tie plate 62 by the usual spikes or other fastening devices, the said spikes extending through apertures 71 formed in the tie plate 62 to hold the latter in place on the railroad tie 63. It will be noticed that by providing ribs 60 and 62 and engaging the same with the groove 61 in the tie plate 62 and-with the recess in the tie respectively the rail is held against spreading.

The standard rail 80 shown in Fig. 4 is provided at the middle of its base 81 with a longitudinally extending rib 82 engaging r a recess in the tie 83 to hold the rail against spreading.

It is understood that in case a head 12 is provided with minute fissures or other defects incident to the rolling of the head when making it, and not liable to be easily detected on inspection, the seats 30 and 31 by supporting the head do not allow the fissures to widen and break the head as is so frequently the case in the ordinary rails having the sides of the heads unsupported.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A rail made in sections, of which one comprises a base and a web having a longitudinally extending recess reaching approximately from the top of the web to the lower edge thereof, the other section having a head and a depending tongue fitting into the said recess, the said web being provided at the top with raised longitudinally extending I tongues on opposite sides'of the recess, and the top of the said web being provided adj acent the outer sides of the said web tongues with inclined seats, the said head be ing provided at the under side on opposite 7 sides of the said head tongue with grooves tending tongues on opposite sides of'the recess, and the top of the said web being provided adjacent the outer sides of the said web tongues with inclined seats, the said head being provided at the under side on "opposite sides of the said head tongue with grooves fitting the said web tongues and the under side of the head adjacent the said grooves being provided with inclined faces fitting the said inclined seats, the said rail head being provided at the outer edges of the bottom with depending headsto protect the seat joint from extraneous matter.

' 3. A rail made in sections of which one comprisesa base and a web having a longitudinally extending recess reaching approximately from the top of the web to the lower edge thereof, the other section having a head and a depending tonguefitting into the-said recess, the said web being provided at the top adjacent the outer sides with in- Wardly downwardly inclined seats, the said head being provided at the underside adjacent its outer edges with inwardly down- Wardly inclined faces fitting said inclined seats. 7

4. A rail made in sections of which 1 one I comprises a base and a web havinga longitudinally extending recess reaching approximately from the top of the web to the lower edge thereof, the other section having 1 a head and a depending tongue fitting into the said recess, the bottom of the rail head and the upper edges of the rail webbeing provided with cooperating inwardly downwardly inclined surfaces forming seats for said head upon said web, the said, rail head being provided at the outer edges of the bottom with dependingjheads to protect the said seats from extraneous matter! NICHOLAS I. WOOLSEY. 

